McCoist joked that he himself had been on a “few nights out but never ended it of with a game of water polo” much to the hilarity of his TV colleagues.

During the channel’s Scottish Football Extra show the panel discussed Mackay-Steven’s unfortunate incident last month when he went out to celebrate his upcoming birthday in Glasgow. The Aberdeen winger became involved in an incident in the club before he left and the emergency services were called after the player had fallen into the River Kelvin.

The 27-year-old was rescued by firefighters after reportedly spending more than an hour in the water. He was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he was treated for hypothermia.

Sutton, stifling laughter, sarcastically said: “Look, these things happen. Players go for a beer and then they fall in a river.”

Aberdeen's Gary Mackay-Steven. Picture: Ian Rutherford/PA Wire.

Presenter Darrell Currie asked Sutton if it ever happened to him with the reasoning that he was the best swimmer before saying the player was “daft”.

Stephen Craigan, taking up the point seriously, talked about professionalism of players.